Bear Knob
Bear Knob rises to 351 m in West Virginia. Piney Knob stands 603 m to the southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Squirrel Knob, a peak 4.0 miles away. Country Music Highway passes 20 miles off. 159 named places lie within 25 miles, 39 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in West Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31493527, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 351 m
How to reach it
- 20.4 mi off the Country Music Highway, National
- 21.0 mi off the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
159 named places within 25 miles
- East Lynn Lake Wildlife Management Area: 8.2 mi
- Zen Way Park: 8.5 mi
- Wellness Center Park: 10.0 mi
- Heritage Park: 10.3 mi
- Lions Club Sports Park: 10.5 mi
- The Seeker: 17.5 mi
- A Buck for All Seasons: 17.5 mi
- Sir Volundeer: 17.6 mi
- The Apple Remedy: 17.6 mi
- Village in Bloom: 17.6 mi
- Squirrel Knob: 4.0 mi
- Turkeycamp Knob: 4.9 mi
- Flag Knob: 5.1 mi
- Mays Knob: 5.6 mi
- Sweet Potato Knob: 5.7 mi
- Blue Star Memorial: 17.6 mi
- Milton Veterans Memorial: 19.4 mi
- 1970 Plane Crash Memorial: 20.2 mi
- B'nai B'rith Holocaust Memorial: 20.8 mi
- 100 Years of Progress: 21.1 mi
- Museum of Radio & Technology: 21.2 mi
- Touma Museum of Medicine: 21.4 mi
- The Collis P. Huntington Railroad Historical Society, Inc. Museum: 21.6 mi
- Taylor Auto Collections: 22.1 mi
- Ramsdell House: 24.1 mi
- Chad Pennington Hall of Fame: 21.0 mi
- C&O 1308: 21.6 mi
- Ritter Park Rose Garden: 20.5 mi
- Chief Logan State Park: 21.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bear Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Piney Knob | SE 126° | 603 m | 21.3 mi |
| Rattlesnake Knob | SSE 148° | 601 m | 23.8 mi |
| Wet Knob | SSE 153° | 574 m | 21.6 mi |
| Antley Knob | SSW 195° | 561 m | 20.2 mi |
| Cabin Hill | SSE 161° | 537 m | 22.9 mi |
| Godby Knob | SE 138° | 523 m | 19.8 mi |
| Hoover Knob | S 170° | 513 m | 15.7 mi |
| Kelly Knob | SSW 200° | 461 m | 14.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:33 | 19:06 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:07 | 20:17 | 20:56 |
| September equinox | 07:17 | 18:53 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:43 | 16:32 | 17:13 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 34 | 37 | 45 | 55 | 65 | 72 | 76 | 75 | 69 | 57 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 3.4 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 5.5 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hamlin, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1535376 — Bear Knob, Lincoln County, West Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356515279
Day trips start here
- Huntington · 21 mi
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